Oil-can.



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OIL CAN.

(Application led Mar. 2, 1901.,

(No Model.)

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NVILLIAM X. OWEN, OF MINERALRIDGE, OlllO.

Olin-CAN.

SEECEFEUATEION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 676,767, dated J une 18, 1901.

Application filed March 2, 1901.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it knownthat I, WILLIAM X. OWEN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Mineralridge, in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Oans, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in oil-cans, relating particularly to that class of filling-cans which are adapted to be partially rotated to bring the dischargespout within the vessel to be iilled and in position where the oil will iiow readily from the can.

l Briefly described, the invention comprises a can or receptacle for holdingr the oil,with a stand or support in which the can is mounted in a manner to permit the half-revolution of the can to bring the dischargespout into position where a vessel may be iilled from the can, means for feeding air into the body of the can to cause a ready iiow of the oil, and a dividing-partition within the can,with ports through the partition, as will be hereinafter more fully described and explained.

In describingthe invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this speciiieatiomand wherein like numerals of reference will be employed for designating like parts throughout Ithe several views of the drawings, in which- Figure lis an end View of my improved can. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The support in which the can is rotatably mounted comprises a pair of standards or housings l, connected the one to the other by a cross piece or brace 2, which may have its ends dovetailed into the standards or housings, as shown,'or c onnected thereto in any suitable manner. Each housing or standard is provided with a semicircular seat to receive bosses 3, formed on the ends of the can 4, these bosses operating in the semicircular seats when the can is turned toward either side of the standards or housings.

The can is held stationary by means of a clip 5, connected to one end thereof, which is engaged by a spring-arm G, connected to .Serial No. 49.576. (No model.)

one of the housings or standards. Asuitable handle 7 is connected to the periphery of the can 4 to manipulate the latter, the can being also provided with a filling-spout 8, closed by a cap 9, as shown. A discharge-spout 10 communicates with the interior of thc can near wthe filling or inlet, this discharge-spout being` substantially L-shaped in form and braced to make same rigid by connecting to the lling spout, as shown. An air-inlet tube 11 is arranged within the discharge-spout and extends inwardly into the same, into the can, and upwardly into the filling-spout, Where it is curved or .bent over in gooseneck form. This termination of the air vent or tube prevents the oil from entering the same as the can is tilted over to bring the discharge-spout into position for use.

The can is divided throughout its length by a central partition l2, which besides strengthening the can also prevents the weight of the oil within the can being suddenly shifted within the same as the can is rotated to bring the discharge spout into position for use. Communication is established, however, be` tween the two compartments formed by the partition by means of tubes let, carried by the partition.

Assuming the can to be but about half filled with oil, as shown in Fig. 3, it will be observed that as the same is rotated to bring the discharge-spout into the position shown in dotted lines only a small portion of the oil then Within chamber A will ow into chamber B, the remainder of the same being retained in chamber A by the partition, and consequently flows toward the outlet. W'hen the can is nearly empty, the tilting of the same in the opposite direction will permit the oil contained in chamber B to iiow over into chamber A, so it may be discharged throughl IOO through the discharge-spout and terminating Within the filling tube or spout, a partition centrally arranged within said can, and tubes carried by said partition for establishing communication between the two compartments of the can, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my 'signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM X. OWEN. Witnesses:

JOHN NoLAND, A. M. WILSON. 

